For the past 15 years, the city of Quebec has rocked to the rhythms of alternative music thanks to Envol et Macadam. The organizers of the Envol et Macadam festival are proud to mark this special anniversary by presenting an amazing and diversified roster of musicians.

It began in 1987 when Kevin and Diana Pentland arrived in Quebec City to pastor Quebec Baptist Church. A newly-arrived family from Asia lacked warm clothing. Diana began networking to meet this need...then another. A closet in the church was appropriated, then a room.

The list of organizations opposing the federal government's new shortened census form continues to grow.

The Quebec English School Boards Association has thrown its support behind Canada's Commissioner of Official Languages in his investigation on the shortened census data questionnaire by the Government of Canada.

Avenue Maguire in Sillery will come alive Saturday with the second edition of the Fete de Sillery.

Te event is the brainchild of Sillery Councillor Vincent Grenier-Cliche, who simply wanted to revive an annual event that had taken place prior to the merger of surrounding towns into the greater Quebec municipality.

Though the Central Quebec School Board likely won't have any formal discussion of the matter, its chairman says he is "mystified" by the federal government's decision to scrap its mandatory long form for the 2011 census.
"Everyone is surprised," said CQSB Chairman Stephen Burke. "They are by every government to measure the needs of the population."